Obama's Suggestion that Americans Avoid Vegas Angers Mayor & Former Mob Attorney Goodman

The mayor of Las Vegas says the President's pending trip to Sin City will be an awkward one.

In the past, Goodman represented some of this city's most famed mobsters/murderers. Las Vegas may be a different place than it was a few decades ago, but the criminal feeling has never left this city. Still, some residents in Las Vegas lament those yesrs when the mob was in place and there was a lot more respect in a general sense. It is an odd thing to explain, perhaps you have to live there to understand it. One thing is true, Oscar Goodman truly loves Las Vegas and he has its best interests at heart. Hopefully these two political figures will find common ground.

(LAS VEGAS, Nv.) - President Obama angered Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman this week, when he said that Americans impacted by the nation's economy shouldn't blow their money in Las Vegas. Goodman believes the statement will damage Las Vegas' economy.

"When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you're trying to pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save on college. You prioritize, you make tough choices."

The President's words seem logical, but they aren't floating well in Goodman's world. This former Mafia lawyer now charged with running Sin City, told NBC News that the President won't be welcome when he visits Vegas in the coming weeks.

"I want the president to straighten this out. Otherwise, he's not welcome in my city," he said, adding that Obama's pending visit would be a very awkward one. Perhaps he forgets that Las Vegas is still part of the United States.

"This president is a real slow learner," Goodman said after the speech. "He has a real psychological hang-up about the entertainment capital of the world and an apology won't be acceptable this time."

It's been a year since the last time the President ticked off Goodman. That was during a town hall meeting in Indiana when Obama said, "You are not going to be able to give out these big bonuses until you pay taxpayers back. You can't get corporate jets. You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime."

Each time Obama addresses spending money in the American city strictly designed to drain your wallet, the water heats up, but so what? Isn't he just speaking in plain truth?

Obama later wrote to U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, stating, "I wasn't saying anything negative about Las Vegas."

Goodman says it will take more than an apology.

In the past, Goodman represented some of Las Vegas' most notorious mobsters/murderers. Las Vegas is a different place than it was a few decades ago, but the criminal feeling has never left this city.